FSC offers public consultation on ecosystem services

Ecosystem services – the benefits that people receive from nature – take many forms. They range from goods that can be harvested, traded and consumed to less tangible benefits such as carbon sequestration, to mitigate climate change or biological diversity conservation.Many communities that depend on forests for their livelihoods rely on specific ecosystem services for their social and economic well-being. At the same time, businesses of every size use raw materials provided by ecosystems to generate wealth, becoming an important source of social and economic development.The Forest